Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:29     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
MIL-electric face shaver
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:27     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid, my truly wonderful and beloved grandmother gave my sister and I matching praying-hands-nightlights. The glowing, disembodied hands were like old with hands with visible veins and too long fingernails. I was terrified of them! What made it worse was that my sister would torture me by sneaking them, plugged in and glowing, under my covers, in the dark bathroom, hung sideways coming out of the wall of my dark closet...

Even my overly polite mother was like, “whoa, those are creepy!” Loved my dear grandmother but will never understand what she was thinking!



* old witch hands
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:26     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
When I was a kid, my truly wonderful and beloved grandmother gave my sister and I matching praying-hands-nightlights. The glowing, disembodied hands were like old with hands with visible veins and too long fingernails. I was terrified of them! What made it worse was that my sister would torture me by sneaking them, plugged in and glowing, under my covers, in the dark bathroom, hung sideways coming out of the wall of my dark closet...

Even my overly polite mother was like, “whoa, those are creepy!” Loved my dear grandmother but will never understand what she was thinking!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:23     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My incredibly annoying sister gave my daughter an adult-sized XL summery t-shirt from American Eagle when she was still a tween. Probably out of the clearance bin, or a thrift shop. I cut this idiot out of my life - who needs a sibling who's always behaving like toxic waste dump?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:10     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My dad gave my grandmother a fire extinguisher one year for Christmas. I'll never forget how excited he was about this very practical gift (she ran her own home daycare) and how offended she was with the gift.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 22:05     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My MIL gave me a winter knit hat with many gray hairs in it for my birthday. I think she bought at a thrift shop! She also , another year, gave me a can of boiled peanuts. Please know that I give her lovely gifts that she loves, Vera Bradley bags, expensive clothes! She has so much more money than I do! Go figure!


My grandmother used to bring containers of mixed nuts, from which she had picked out the cashews, since they were here favorite.


Omg lol
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:58     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My mom has never gotten me gifts, so anything would probably be an improvement.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:57     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My mom has regifted me presents that I gave her the prior year. Deliberate, unfortunately. I used to be shocked by the new ways she could come up with to be cruel to me for no reason. I’m totally estranged from her now.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:56     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
An old craft my MIL claimed she made for me. It smelled like it had been sitting in a basement for years. My DH later told me his mom made that when he was a little kid. So a 20 year old craft.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:56     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
Anonymous wrote:My MIL gave me a winter knit hat with many gray hairs in it for my birthday. I think she bought at a thrift shop! She also , another year, gave me a can of boiled peanuts. Please know that I give her lovely gifts that she loves, Vera Bradley bags, expensive clothes! She has so much more money than I do! Go figure!


My grandmother used to bring containers of mixed nuts, from which she had picked out the cashews, since they were here favorite.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:41     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My mil always buys me clothes a size bigger than my actual size. Such a bitch.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:40     Subject: Re:Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
My MIL gave me a winter knit hat with many gray hairs in it for my birthday. I think she bought at a thrift shop! She also , another year, gave me a can of boiled peanuts. Please know that I give her lovely gifts that she loves, Vera Bradley bags, expensive clothes! She has so much more money than I do! Go figure!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 21:39     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
Anonymous wrote:I can't think of one single thing, but for a few years, my mom gave me cleaning supplies for every Christmas and birthday. Combined with her comments on the state of our house every time she visits, I was annoyed. A few years ago on my birthday, she gave me a Target gift card (love it) but also presented me (in front if the whole family ( with this lovely gift box, tied in a nice ribbon. I don't know what I was expecting, but when I opened it and saw a bunch of cleaning products, I couldn't hide my irritation very well.

By the way, my house is clean! I clean regularly!


You need to start regifting to her with elaborate wrappings. If she is anything less than thankful, act surprised and tell her you assumed she LOVED cleaning products as she always gifted you with them. Then keep doing it.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 20:40     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
I can't think of one single thing, but for a few years, my mom gave me cleaning supplies for every Christmas and birthday. Combined with her comments on the state of our house every time she visits, I was annoyed. A few years ago on my birthday, she gave me a Target gift card (love it) but also presented me (in front if the whole family ( with this lovely gift box, tied in a nice ribbon. I don't know what I was expecting, but when I opened it and saw a bunch of cleaning products, I couldn't hide my irritation very well.

By the way, my house is clean! I clean regularly!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2020 20:26     Subject: Worst gift you've ever been given by a family member
I got a pack of batteries from an aunt when I was 8 & a set of "eat this not that" books from my MIL. Not so bad but still. Giving me a hint, MIL? Lol